Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

perseveringly practice speaking in a low, distinct
tone, exercising the abdominal muscles in deep
breathing, and making the throat the channel of
communication. Many speak in a rapid way and in
a high, unnatural key. Such a practice will injure
the throat and lungs. As a result of continual abuse,
the weak, inflamed organs will become diseased,
and consumption may result.
Christ’s Method
Ministers and teachers should give special
attention to the cultivation of the voice. They
should learn to speak, not in a nervous, hurried
manner, but with a slow, distinct, clear utterance,
preserving the music of the voice.
The Saviour’s voice was as music to the ears of
those who had been accustomed to the
monotonous, spiritless preaching of the scribes and
Pharisees. He spoke slowly and impressively,
emphasizing those words to which He wished His
hearers to give special heed. Old and young,
ignorant and learned, could catch the full meaning
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